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Everyone in the Common Core debate was a winner after Gov. Doug Ducey asked the State Board of Education to review and overhaul the controversial K-12 academic standards. Or at least that’s how many advocates on both sides of the issue felt.

Republican Andy Tobin and Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick found common ground during a 1st Congressional District debate on protecting the A-10 military jet the Air Force wants to mothball and agreed that Social Security benefits must be protected.

A long-awaited debate in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District saw Republican Martha McSally and Democratic U.S. Rep. Ron Barber spar over the border and gun control. But the candidates spent much of the debate berating one another for running “false” or “vile” television ads.

The three candidates running for two House seats in Tucson’s Legislative District 9 clashed over education, abortion and guns Monday in the first debate that put both Democrats and the Republican in the same room.

A debate between the two candidates vying to be Arizona’s next attorney general quickly turned into a slugfest as Republican Mark Brnovich and Democrat Felecia Rotellini criticized each other’s records and savaged each other over issues such as private prisons, the Obama administration, border security and socially conservative legislation in a debate on Tuesday.

The candidates for Arizona attorney general are set to face off in a televised debate.
Republican Mark Brnovich and Democrat Felecia Rotellini will debate at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday on KAET's Horizon show. The debate is sponsored by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.